Recommended Books

Here is a brief list of relevant books and recommended texts in the area of social action/justice, human rights, art therapy, expressive arts therapy and more.

Art Therapy & Social Action

Art Therapy and Social Action: Treating the World's Wounds

Brings art therapy and social action together edited by Frances F. Kaplan

Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change

Expressive arts therapy has the potential to inspire social action by Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine

Art Therapy & Expressive arts

Creative Connection for Groups

Person-centered expressive arts for social change by Natalie Rodgers

Graphic Facilitation and Art Therapy:

Imagery and Metaphor in Organizational Development by Michelle Winkel &

Maxine Borowsky Junge

General

A People’s History of the United States

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Operating Globally, Virtually, and Independently

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